State v. Daggett

McGraw, Justice:

The appellant, Robert Porter Daggett, was convicted in November of 1977 of the first degree sexual assault of a six-year-old boy. He appeals from the judgment of conviction and from the order of the Circuit Court of Wood County which sentenced him to spend not less than ten nor more than twenty years in the penitentiary.

He assigns numerous grounds as error, six of which we believe merit discussion. He argues that the trial court erred by denying his motion for a bifurcated trial, thus preventing him from effectively presenting his insanity defense. He complains that the lower…